Sue's Daily Stack, Thursday, 29 February, 2024
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Thursday's Daily Stack
Hour One: Will the Most Corrupt Supreme Court in History Assist the Trump Coup?
Article: "Will the Most Corrupt Supreme Court in History Assist the Trump Coup?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Did Trump Let 500,000 Americans Die Purely for Political Purposes?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "The 56-Year-Long Crisis of Treasonous & Illegitimate GOP Presidents is Happening Again" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Trump's lawyer argues that a president can order SEAL Team Six to assassinate his political rival if Congress is cool with it" by Sonam Sheth.
Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Will the Most Corrupt Supreme Court in History Assist the Trump Coup?" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "U.S. Has Far Higher Covid Death Rate Than Other Wealthy Countries" by Benjamin Mueller and Eleanor Lutz.
Article: "Trump plan for 40% cut could cause EPA science office 'to implode,' official warns" by Warren Cornwall.
Tweet: "They will prematurely hear a completely frivolous claim that if sustained, would allow any POTUS to commit crimes with almost unbridled immunity. This will delay his federal 1/6 trial indefinitely. A political and traitorous decision from a totally discredited SCOTUS." by Richard Signorelli.
Article: "'There is no crisis': Biden will find calm not chaos at Texas border visit" by Michael Gonzalez.
Article: "One of the world's biggest cities may be just months away from running out of water" (Mexico City) by Laura Paddison, Jack Guy and Fidel Gutiérrez.
Article: "The world's 'sinking' city that's going 30cm deeper into the ground every single year" (Mexico City) by Alessandra Scotto di Santolo, Maria Ortega.
Article: "Microplastics found in every human placenta tested in study" by Damian Carrington.
Article: "Microplastics, like Asbestos, Can Kill" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Climate change, cost and competition for water drive settlement over tribal rights to Colorado River" by Felicia Fonseca and Suman Naishadham.
Article: "Desalination" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Can recycled water be the 'next frontier' for towns running out of drinking water?" by Graham Readfearn.
Article: "Deadly Texas wildfire torches 1 million acres – the largest blaze in state history – as more infernos rage" by Joe Sutton, Steve Almasy, Holly Yan and Robert Shackelford.
News...Can IL kick Trump off the ballot?, McConnell Stepping down and Massive TX wildfires....
Article: "Fertility treatments freeze after Alabama Supreme Court's embryo ruling" by Sam Baker.
Article: "Sen. Tammy Duckworth, whose daughters were born through IVF, pushes to safeguard access to IVF nationwide" by Lynn Sweet.
Article: "Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith Blocks Bill to Protect IVF" by .
Article: "Illinois becomes third state to kick Trump off the ballot over Jan. 6 " by Zach Montellaro and Shia Kapos.
Article: "A wildfire scorching the Texas Panhandle has grown to the largest in state history" by Sean Murphy, Jim Vertuno.
Article: "Texas wildfires live updates: Massive blaze covers over 1 million acres, becoming largest in state history" by NBC News.
Article: "'Good Riddance': McConnell to Step Down as Senate GOP Leader " by Julia Conley.
Article: "Trump appeals Illinois judge's ruling to remove him from ballot in March 19 primary" by Todd Feurer.
Article: "Heritage Foundation: Make sex bad again" by Nevilledog.
Song: "Desperado" by Eagles.
Case: "United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974)".
Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.
Case: "Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000)".
Article: "Supreme Court hears historic case on removing Trump from ballot" by Dan Berman, Tori B. Powell and Aditi Sangal.
Article: "Should we taxpayers support increased payments to Medicare Advantage? Public comment by March 1." by rvtravel.
Article: "Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year 2025_January 31 2024_Final_Updated" (submit public comment) by CMS.
Article: "Does the federal government have a role in the vote?" by AP.
(1) the right of citizens of the United States to vote is a fundamental right;"
Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".
Article: "Is Ginni Thomas Co-Conspirator No. 6 in Trump Indictment? What We Know" by Darragh Roche.
Article: "Rules and Guidance" by SCOTUS.
Hour Two: McConnell Stepping down....
Article: "The 17 worst things Mitch McConnell did to destroy democracy" by Joan McCarter.
Article: "Missouri GOP Candidate for Governor Was Only 'Honorary' KKK Member" by Ryan Krull.
Article: "Speedy Trial Clause" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Senate Dems plan to subpoena conservative justices' billionaire patrons" by Andrew Solender.
Article: "Lauren Boebert's son Tyler arrested, leaving congresswoman 'heartbroken'" by Brandon Drenon.
Article: "I'm an IVF Baby, and I'm Voting for Biden to Protect That Process" by Matilda Bress.
Book: "Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became "People" - And How You Can Fight Back" by Thom Hartmann.
Case: "Santa Clara County vs. Southern Pacific Railroad", 1886.
Article: "Supreme court justice Thomas took 38 undisclosed vacations from rich friends – report" by Martin Pengelly.
Article: "Speech or Debate Clause" by Wikipedia.
Article: "There's no such thing as presidential immunity from criminal prosecution" by Kristy Parker.
Case: "District of Columbia v. Heller", 2008 (2nd Amendment).
Article: "Were four current Supreme Court justices involved in the 2000 presidential election dispute?" by Austin Tannenbaum.
Article: "Russia-Ukraine war: Putin warns Nato of risk of nuclear war in major speech to Russian parliament – as it happened" by Mabel Banfield-Nwachi, Martin Belam .
Article: "Trump Lawyer Argues Presidents CAN Order Seal Team 6 To Assassinate Rivals In Stunning Appeals Courtroom Exchange" by Tommy Christopher.
Article: "Speaker Johnson clarifies when US House of Representatives will consider assistance to Ukraine" by European Pravda, Ukrainska Pravda.
Article: "Reefer Madness: The Racist Origins of Marijuana Prohibition" by Natalie Papillion.
Site: Common Power.
Article: "Student nurse's murder leaves Joe Biden with blood on his hands, claim GOP after migrant is arrested" by Susie Coen.
Hour Three: Ukraine Update
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine. @IttnerPhilip Youtube
Article: "Ukraine Invasion Day 737: continued positional fighting" by annieli.
Article: "Russian stuff blowing up: Alleged UFO allegedly spotted over Ukraine" by quaoar.
Article: "UK Defense Ministry: 'Territory west of Avdiivka remains focal effort of Russian offensive" by Kateryna Hodunova.
Article: "The Failure of the "Budapest Memorandum" Is a Betrayal of World Peace" by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Viktor Yanukovych" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Revolution of Dignity" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Euromaidan" (Maidan Uprising) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Orange Revolution" by Wikipedia.
Article: "For Elon Musk Lately, It's All About Russia, Russia, Russia" by Tim Higgins.
Article: "Ukraine goes after Elon Musk, disputing his claim that Russia isn't buying and using Starlink" by Thibault Spirlet.
Article: "Putin threatens to destroy civilisation with apocalyptic threat" by Ellie Abraham.
Article: "Christian nationalist Trump ally crafting plan to 'invoke Insurrection Act on Day One'" by Travis Gettys.
Article: "Fix the Insurrection Act Before Trump Uses it to Create a Police State" by Thom Hartmann.
Geeky Science! How ultra-processed foods are linked to bad health....
Article: "Ultra-processed food linked to 32 harmful effects to health, review finds" by Andrew Gregory.
Article: "Ginni Thomas" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Scott Perry (politician)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Mo Brooks" by Wikipedia.
Article: "J. D. Vance" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Tommy Tuberville" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Death of Nex Benedict" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Space Shuttle Challenger" by Wikipedia.
Article: "George Wallace" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Barr releases redacted Mueller report" by Morgan Chalfant, Olivia Beavers and Jacqueline Thomsen.
Site: "Liz Cheney Tickets".
Article: "California's low energy primary: Turnout on track for a record low" by Lara Korte.